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$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayReply
I'll take the annuity.... I just want a garage with a lift, is that too much to ask?
Aug 8, 2023, 8:49 pm - MeintooL - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayReply
If you take annuity in an anonymous state, they will announce your name 30days after annuity is nice but most people don't want their name published
Aug 7, 2023, 9:53 am - EnReval - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayReply
Hahahaha if am 18 now, I will be 47 when I get my last annuity after 29 years. One could be broke by the time they are 70 even with annuity lol.
Aug 5, 2023, 11:05 pm - JustMaybe - Lottery News

$1.05 BILLION: Mega Millions keeps rolling after no winner FridayReply
Cash value is 50%. I remember the good ole days of 60-70% cash value. The cash value is always the amount of sales revenue that goes towards the jackpot. If interest rates were lower the cash would be exactly what it is now, but instead of an annuity worth 1.1 billion they'd be advertising an annuity of $785 to 916 million. Which probably mans they'd be selling fewer tickets, so the cash would be less and the advertised annuity would be perhaps $700 to 850 million. I wouldn't mind shari
Aug 2, 2023, 2:29 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$875 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rolloverReply
They botched that for sure......over estimated... As near as I can tell they're outright lying to us. Sales being a lot less than their forecast is one thing, but somewhere around noon on Friday (Todd posted about it at 12:39PM), after they had a day and a half of ticket sales to dial things in they claimed that the cash value had gone up by several million dollars. Not only did they do that when sales should have made it obvious that they were going to come up short, they did it while stil
Jul 16, 2023, 3:24 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$875 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rolloverReply
It is unlikely the jackpot annuity estimate will increase before the draw given interest rates have dropped.
Jul 14, 2023, 7:38 pm - winoneday - Lottery News

$875 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rolloverReply
The cash option was raised to $452.2 million for the Saturday drawing (raising the top-25 ranking to 12th), but the annuity did not change at $875 million. Likewise, the Mega Millions cash value for tonight's drawing was raised to $287 million, but the annuity did not change at $560 million.
Jul 14, 2023, 12:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$725 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 11th-largest in historyReply
I would have said don't take annuity but something is saying take it for a reason.
Jul 11, 2023, 1:47 pm - wander73 - Lottery News

$725 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 11th-largest in historyReply
I agree with you. It might be better for a younger person to take the annuity.
Jul 11, 2023, 9:26 am - PrisonerSix - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball offer $1.13 billion in combined lottery jackpotsReply
I updated the story with the increased Powerball annuity and cash values. The cash value actually jumped one position in the rankings.
Jul 10, 2023, 12:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News